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Everyone knows that great ideas and strategies aren’t worth anything without great execution, right? What we mostly fail to ask is “Why?” Why are we executing the way we are? The Purpose Drives Impact framework gives us a way to examine execution…

How’s progress going toward your quarterly priorities? With 1/3 of the quarter past, now is a great time to check in. Be proactive and make sure you get the most from your team in the last two months of Q1!…

If you leave your quarterly planning session with priorities like these, you may have a problem on your hands: Increase sales Decrease expenses Improve delivery times Write employee handbook When your executive team isn’t clear how we will measure each…

The weekly meeting is often the place a company will start if they have no meeting rhythm at all. Let’s step back for a moment and ask ourselves: What’s the purpose of a weekly meeting? Collective intelligence (not status!) on…

In Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Verne Harnish outlines a meeting rhythm that growth companies can follow to make sure information, ideas and problem solving flows quickly and accurately throughout the organization. Here’s my quick summary of the full rhythm: Daily…

What’s the purpose of a daily meeting? Synchronization (not problem solving) What makes an effective daily meeting? Stand up. Yes, really. Same time and place every day. Start and end on time (7-12 minutes should be plenty), even if people…

Quite a few CEOs I’ve spoken with recently tell me they’re too busy to add a daily huddle or a quarterly planning offsite to their schedule. This post is for those of you too busy for the full meeting rhythm…

How effective are your weekly meetings? Are you discussing what’s most important? How do you know? Ineffective meetings are not only a waste of time for everyone involved, they also waste money (you’re paying people to waste that time, rather…